WEST SPRINGFIELD - There was no doubt who was the busiest person at the Olympia Ice Center Tuesday night.

St. Joseph-Central High School goaltender Andrew Leitch faced 55 shots and stopped 52 of them as his Crusaders upset Chicopee 5-3 in the quarterfinals of the Western Massachusetts Division IIIA hockey tournament.

Dan Flynn scored the game-winning goal with 1:21 remaining, and Eric Leitch tacked on an empty-netter with 6.6 seconds to play - sending the No. 6 Crusaders (10-6-2) to the semifinals.

St. Joe's will take on defending champion and No. 2-seed South Hadley in a semifinal Monday at a time to be determined.

With the game tied 3-3 after two periods, Leitch made a deal with his teammates.

"I told the team between periods, 'I'll hold my end if you guys just score one goal. We'll get it done together,'" said Leitch, a senior who has been St. Joe's goalie all four years. "We did that third period. We stepped up and it definitely worked out."

Devan Longtin and Brendan Baker scored 1:31 apart late in the second period for No. 3 Chicopee to make it 3-3 heading to the third.

The Pacers put on the pressure in the final 15 minutes, but Leitch turned aside all 21 shots he faced. St. Joe's looked to have scored the go-ahead goal just 30 seconds into the third, as the puck appeared to slide between the pads of Chicopee goalie Shane Denault, but it was waved off.

A tremendous third period ensued, with both teams having solid chances to score until Flynn finally broke the tie. Eric Leitch's initial shot went wide, but Flynn corraled the rebound, wheeled around and fired it past Denault.

Denault played a tremendous game himself, making 34 saves.

St. Joseph's struck quickly, leading 2-0 just 4:01 into the game, on goals by Derek Romejko and Mike Bloom. Chicopee cut the deficit in half just 23 seconds after Bloom's goal, as Christian Salamon tipped in a cross-crease pass from Longtin.

The early lead took some of the pressure off the underdogs from Pittsfield.

"It not only helped my confidence out, but it also gave the team a realization that we can do this," Leitch said. "Maybe a couple of us were unsure coming into this tournament, but we could definitely do this."

Romejko's second of the game gave St. Joe's a 3-1 lead after one period. Leitch made a couple nice saves late to preserve the lead.